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Place an Order for Bread!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:47:00 +0000

Honey Wheat Bread

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Bread Table- Tuesday & Thursday This Week

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:36:00 +0000

We'll be at Ellendale/29th on Tuesday and Thursday this week between 5 and 7pm.
Come on out!

P.S. If you happen to have some Bocce (sp) balls sitting around in your garage, let us know. We're looking for a good set to use at the bread table;)

Summertime....

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:46:00 +0000

Classes are almost out, and we're excited for to ease into summertime in Los Angeles.

Here's a few updates:

This summer we'll only be doing our deliveries on Tuesdays and Thursdays so that we can focus on being out in the USC neighborhood and breaking bread with people.
We'll be doing bread tables Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. We'd love to have you come and hang out with us. Check our new Twitter feed at the top of the page to see where we're at!

cheers,

Sven

400 loaves of Bicycle Bread delivered!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:30:00 +0000

This past week we hit loaf #400!
Come on out Tuesday to the beautiful corner of Ellendale and 29th to eat fresh bread with us (if you are into that kind of thing)... We'll be there between 5pm and 7pm.
We've started to post some of the songs that we at Bicycle Bread Company like to listen to while we're making bread. Elbow, the band above, is one of our favourites. Check out 'Weather to Fly' as you start off your day. we like to keep it real when baking bread. (:

Bread Table Today @ Ellendale/29th

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Hey everybody!

Come by Ellendale/29th today between 5-7pm to enjoy some bread with us! We'll have Cinnamon Raisin, Rosemary and Oregano Basil Bread...spread the word;)

Look forward to seeing you there!

//sven

btw- This photo was taken by Josh Sy...he also took the photos that were in the Daily Trojan article last week. Thanks man- you rock!

The Winner of the Question of the Week!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:37:00 +0000

This week we placed our first Question of the Week on the Order form, and the results were spectacular. We decided that the best answer would win a special prize. This week's prize is a surprisingly exotic balloon sculpture! The winner of this week's QotW is.... Madeline Reddington

Question: If you were a dinosaur on the edge of extinction, what type of dinosaur would you be and why?

I'd probably be a 3-horn, which is what that mean little dinosaur "Sara" was in "The Land Before Time." The reason I'd want to be her is because she has a generally negative attitude and I guess if any dinosaur should go extinct, its her.

Mostly though, I just can't bring myself to knock off Little Foot or Petri.

Good job, Madeline. Your balloons are on the way;)

Runner Up!
Teradactyl, so I could watch the dino apocalypse from above. - Luke Hall

The judging process is completely subjective and influenced by whims. If you feel that your answer was unfairly ignored or maybe misplaced, please send an email to our Customer Service rep Kevin. He can be reached at kevinofbicyclebreaddoesntcare@gmail.com.

Article In the Daily Trojan!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:50:00 +0000

A lot of you guys have let us know that you read the article in the Daily Trojan on Monday! Thanks! The writer, Melissa Leu, really seemed to capture the vision behind the Bicycle Bread Company: to bake fresh bread, build relationships and serve the neighborhood.
If you haven't already read the article, here's the link: Brothers bring fresh bread to students via bicycle

One correction (to all of our vegan customers!): The story erroneously said that we use eggs to make the bread. None of our current breads involve eggs in any way;)

300

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:53:00 +0000

We've officially delivered loaf 300!

This Week's Experiment

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:41:00 +0000

Ni hao y'all!
After much deliberation we have decided that this week we will attempt to create a new type of delicious bread: Lemon-Cranberry Bread!
Although we haven't yet tried to make this type of bread, it sounds ridiculously good to us.
Drop by 29th and Ellendale on Tuesday between 5 and 7pm to chill with us and eat some bread.

In other excited news, we are on the brink of delivering our 300th loaf!

see y'all soon

sven & jamin

Homestyle Baked Bean Bread Discontinued

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Unfortunately the Bean Bread did not end up making the cut. It actually tasted pretty bad (we apologize to those who had the opportunity of trying it with us yesterday;).

So if you were excited about trying the new bread, sorry!

While our Bush's Bean Bread attempt was mostly facetious in nature, we ARE looking for new bread ideas! If anyone has any inspiration for a crazy bread flavor, let us know! The one requirement is that it can't involve anything from a can.

Hope you're having a great week!

sven and jamin

Introducing our newest bread (Really Loud drum roll please........)

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Straight out of the age old Gordon Family Recipe book, comes Bicycle Bread Company's newest addition to the bread line: Homestyle Baked Bean Bread with Tangy Bean Juice Glaze

This bread, created like much of our bread, is made with fresh ground organic wheat and a healthy dose of love. The secret to the unique taste of each loaf is in the preparation and special ingredients, and each loaf of our new bread contains over 14 oz of BUSH'S BEST- Homestyle baked beans. These beans are removed daily from the can to preserve flavor and freshness. Gently pureed to the consistency of an Argentine guacamole, the beans are mixed with a tangy sauce, bacon, brown sugar, and cardamom powder to create a flavor only rivaled in richness by the famed Vegemite of Australia. This creamy substance is then thickly spread across the warm dough, rolled into the signature bicycle bread loaf, glazed with bean juice and baked to a browned mound of goodness. The indistinct flavor of the Homestyle Baked Bean Bread with Tangy Bean Juice Glaze allows the bread to be eaten anytime of the day, one of our breads that we can proudly say can not be held under the constraints of the title of "breakfast bread" or "sandwich bread". It is a bread for eating, whether before an early morning run with a little strawberry preserve or during an afternoon rerun of Saved by the Bell, we think you should have the power to make that choice. So, do yourself and your roommates a favor and order Bicycle Bread Company's first bean bread, destined to be an instant favorite.

In other news, we will be at ELLENDALE and 29TH this TUESDAY (4/14) from 5-7 or until bread runs out.

Click over to Delivery and have it delivered to your door Monday through Thursday.

Chow,

Jamin

200 Loaves!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:46:00 +0000

We delivered our 200th loaf this week to Pat Garcia! Thanks everyone for your support of this adventure! We are excited to see where God is taking this small neighborhood bakery.

We ♥ Your Feedback
One thing that we have really appreciated throughout these past few months is the constructive feedback that we have received from our friends and fellow bread-eaters (example: the suggestion to switch from paper bags to plastic so that the bread would keep longer). Keep the ideas coming!

Deliveries Mon, Wed, Thurs this week!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:08:00 +0000

Click over to the Delivery tab to order some delicious home-made bread!

Have a great start to the week and hope to see y'all soon!

blessings,

Sven

Weekend Baking

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:47:00 +0000

Jamin is in North Carolina for the weekend, but to fill in for him we had some guest apprentice bakers in town on Saturday: Summer and Karen. We had a crazy time and baked 20 loaves and set up some taste-test tables down in the USC. Summer documented the process so here are a few of the photos...

Bread Table Today @ 29th/Ellendale!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and it's been forever since we've seen you all SO we're doing a bread table today!

Come by and try some of our Mini-Loafs today: Oregano-Basil, Cinnamon-Raisin, and DILL!

We'll be at Ellendale & 29th starting at noon until the bread is gone...

See you there! --Sven & Jamin

100 Loaves!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:42:00 +0000

We are proud to announce that this week we delivered our 100th loaf of bread and there was much rejoicing.

Deliveries This Week: Mon,Tues,Wed,Thurs!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:57:00 +0000

Hello Bread People!

We are glad to announce that we are up and baking again (yes!). Thanks to the support of a dear family, we now have a new, dependable wheat grinder. We were also able to work on our 30-something-year-old stone grinder and get it up and running. It's great to have functioning equipment;)

Delivering 4 Days A Week

Thanks to your support and what seems to be a growing love of fresh bread, we are now delivering to the USC area on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday around midday. So visit our delivery page if you're one of those who are into delicious fresh bread.

Thanks so much!

--Sven and Jamin

Grinder On The Fritz...No Baking Next Week

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:05:00 +0000

First some good news: we used our new Hobart today for kneading the dough and it worked like a dream...

Now the bad news: our wheat grinder has begun to act up. Between 4am and 8am, Jamin and I took it apart 4 or 5 times to clean it and reassemble it. But it was to no avail.

Because of the technical difficulties we have put next week's baking on hold at least until we have a functioning mill again. Thanks!

Sven

A Quarter Ton of Wheat & Other Important Updates....

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Here are few of the weekly happenings on the Bicycle Bread front...
1. 1/4 Ton of Wheat: We are getting in 500lbs of wheat from Oregon tomorrow!
2. Hello Hobart: Last week God blessed us with a new Hobart mixer that will allow us to knead a lot more dough ...so we're expecting to get it up and running this week.
3. No Taste Test Table this week: Due to the wheat delivery and the new machine, we're pushing back our Monday deliveries to Thursday, and we won't be doing a bread table on Tuesday or Wednesday. Next week we'll be back into our rhythm;) Thanks for you understanding!
Look forward to seeing you all later this week...
4. Thursday Deliveries: We will be baking on Thursday, so if you're slightly interested in delicious, fresh bread...click on the Delivery tab on the right side of this page.

--Sven

Celebrating 43 Loaves

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:19:00 +0000

We have achieved a major milestone today with the delivery of our 43rd loaf of the freshest bread you've ever tasted!

To celebrate, we'll be sitting at our ironing board table with our fresh loaves of Cinnamon Raisin, Honey Wheat and Herb bread at Ellendale & 29th between 10am and noon...come by and say hi!

Update: We've got bikes! For a while we were "bicycle" in name and heart only. Now, thanks to a generous bike shop owner and a dude named Lance we have 2 bikes. This is super awesome seeing that we can now deliver quickly and with much style.

Kick off the spring with fresh bread!

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:02:00 +0000

We'll have a bread tasting table tomorrow at the regular place (Ellendale and 29th) between 11-2pm. Hope to see you there!!
In other news: my brother Ben has arrived in Los Angeles to bake with me... so come by and try some of Baker Ben's Braided Bread. It's delicious.

Taste-Test Tuesday! Cinnamon Raisin Bread

noreply@blogger.com (the Bakers) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:20:00 +0000

Thanks everyone who stopped by the table last week! It was great getting your feedback about the honey-wheat bread and getting to meet you...
This Tuesday we'll be at the corner of Ellendale and 29th again- 10am-1pm. Come on by and try some Cinnamon Raisin bread!

p.s. tell your friends!

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